Red Dougherty
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A coloured sport of Dougherty. Originated in Twyford, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand by C.F. Bixley. Introduced in 1930. Fruits have firm, fine, hard, greenish white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Dougherty
Fruit Size
small to medium b
Fruit Shape
tall to intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex b
Fruit Height
40-54 mm b
Fruit Width
49-60 mm b
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body b
Ground Colour
green b
Over Colour
striped dull dark red almost overall b
Russet Type
white-ringed russet spots, occasional patches b
Flesh Colour
greenish white b
Flesh Texture
firm, fine, hard, tough b
Flavour
sweet, subacid b
Accession name
Red Dougherty
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
very weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish green a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
very low a
Firmness
soft a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register